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HOMEFRONT & BATTLEFRONT
Nelson BC in World War II
Sylvia Crooks |
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| This is the Canadian experience of the Second World War as seen through the eyes of one British Columbia community. It is a stirring, poignant and important piece of Canadian history. Homefront & Battlefront is the result of two years extensive research by a librarian/educator who was born and raised in Nelson, where she experienced the war years as a young child. |
HONOURABLE MENTION
Homefront and Battlefront has received an "Honourable Mention" by the BC Historical Federation in their annual award for historical writing. These awards are given to writers whose books contribute significantly to the recorded history of British Columbia. |
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AVAILABLE AS AUDIOBOOK
Homefront & Battlefront: Nelson BC in World War II has been recorded by Public Library InterLINK's audiobook service, which makes audiobooks available to persons who are unable to handle or read books because of visual, physical or perceptual disability. The service is available through public libraries to eligible patrons. |
All the InterLINK's audiobooks are recorded by professional actors and readers. For more information see
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REVIEWS
Click here to read Esprit de Corps review
Click here to read BC Museums Roundup review (part 1)
Click here to read BC Museums Roundup review (part 2)
Click here to read BC Studies review
Click here to read Maple Ridge Times review
Click here to read Nelson Daily News review (part 1)
Click here to read Nelson Daily News review (part 2)
Click here to read Nelson Daily News review (132k pdf)
Click here to read Trail Daily Times review (312k pdf)
Click here to read BC History review |
CBC Interview with Sylvia Crooks
Click here to hear CBC's Sheryl MacKay's interview with Sylvia |
SAMPLE PAGES
Click here to read book Introduction (64k pdf)
Click here to read book sampler #1 (1MB pdf)
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WORLD WAR II / CANADIAN HISTORY
Trade Paperback / 6" x 9" / 240 pages
Granville Island Publishing
ISBN 1-894694-38-4 / $24.95 US/Cdn |
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NO LAUGHING MATTER
Adventure, Activism & Politics
Margaret Mitchell |
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The woman who first brought the issue of spousal abuse to the forefront in Canada presents her memoirs in this interesting, informative, entertaining and often humourous book. Margaret Mitchell is a social activist who pioneered community development in Vancouver, was a courageous feminist MP for Vancouver East, and an international adventuress. Her book is a testament to the struggles and achievements of women MPs, and chronicles her life's adventures and work. |
| As an NDP Member of Parliament, Margaret Mitchell inspired generations of women with her public stand against "wife beating" with her vocal support for women's equality. She spent 14 years in the House of Commons advocating for aff ordable housing, multiculturalism, and the rights of poor people. Ms Mitchell worked tirelessly on issues that are alive today, including redress for the Chinese Head Tax, and childcare. |
| The Margaret Mitchell Fund for Women, which Ms Mitchell established after her retirement, continues to support women's self-help projects and scholarships. Proceeds of book sales will also accrue to the fund. |
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| Net proceeds of No Laughing Matter go to the Margaret Mitchell Fund for women administered by the VanCity Community Foundation. |
REVIEWS
Click here to read Maclean's review, December 17, 2007
Click here to read Vancouver Sun review, March 15, 2008
Click here to read The Tyee review, March 18, 2008
Click here to read Antigone Magazine blog, April 4, 2008
Click here to read The Star interview, June 13, 2008 |
| Click here to hear online interview at thecommentary.ca |
MEMOIR / POLITICS / SOCIAL ACTIVISM / WOMEN'S STUDIES
Trade Paperback / 6" x 9" / 240 pages
General Reader / 35 Photos
Granville Island Publishing
ISBN 978-1-894694-63-6 / $24.95 Cdn/US |
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WESTWOOD
Everyone's Favourite Racing Circuit
Tom Johnston |
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The story of Coquitlam’s famous track, those who built it, ran it and raced there for 32 seasons by the author of Sports Car Road Racing in Western Canada, who took part in 300 races himself. |
| Westwood was legendary . . . and Tom is the perfect person to write about it. |
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Indy 500 and Formula One Champion
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CAR RACING / VANCOUVER
Hardcover / Colour / 128 pages / 11" x 8.5"
Granville Island Publishing
Book and Cover Design: Tom Johnston with Gary Wilcox
Deluxe Leather-bound Limited Edition with slipcase
ISBN: 1-894694-50-3 $300 Cdn/US
Soft Cover
ISBN: 1-8946944-9-0 / $54.95 Cdn/US |
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The Life and Times of Victoria Architect
P. LEONARD JAMES
Rosemary James Cross |
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Percy Leonard James was one of Victoria, British Columbia's preeminent architects through the early decades of the twentieth century. This well-researched biography, written by his daughter, chronicles James' personal and professional life from his early days in England to his becoming one of Victoria's most influential designers. As James' work is often overshadowed by his contemporary architects, Samuel Maclure and Francis Mawson Rattenbury, this book is long overdue and, in some instances, sets the record straight. |
AWARD
Winner of the 2005 Mark Maddoff Award from the Hallmark Society |
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ARCHITECTURE / VICTORIA HISTORY
Softcover / B&W, profusely illustrated / 232 pages / 10" x 8"
ISBN: 09737259-0-7 / $38.95 Cdn/US |
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UBCM
The First Century
Union of British Columbia Municipalities |
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No organization in British Columbia has persevered more diligently for the public good with less fanfare than the UBCM. Anyone interested in the governance of British Columbia should read this book. Its combination of text, biographies, contemporary documents and images is impressive and rewarding.
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Jean Barman, Professor Emeritus, University of British Columbia, Author of The West Beyond the West: A History of British Columbia |
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This is an extremely well-crafted history not only of the Union of British Columbia Municipalities but of the province itself. It will command the attention of not only those with some involvement with the activities of the UBCM but everyone interested in the social and political history of British Columbia.
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Norman J. Ruff, Associate Professor Emeritus, University of Victoria |
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BRITISH COLUMBIA / POLITICS / HISTORY
Hard Cover / 11"x 8.5" / Profusely illustrated
Granville Island Publishing
Book and Jacket Design: Gary Wilcox
ISBN 1-894694-39-2 / $49.95 Cdn/US
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THEY CALLED ME OTHERWISE
Stories of Growing Up in Scotland, Africa and Canada
Bill Galloway |
| The Scots conquered the world — they just forgot to tell anyone about it. |
| Bill Galloway’s book, They Called Me Otherwise, remedies that situation. Packed with humour and wisdom, it is at once a set of lighthearted anecdotes, an exemplary story of the Scots diaspora and an autobiography that shows how one man overcame the obstacles set against him. |
| As he rambles through several continents, Bill (alias Wullie, after his inspiration: a cartoon character in the Scottish Sunday Post) pokes fun at his own ineptness and celebrates his hard-won successes. |
| Colourful vignettes weave a tapestry of (mis)adventure, perseverance and fortunate coincidence. Bill is an engaging observer, somewhat innocently out of touch, voicing deeper truths. The book has serious lessons for people who may forever feel misplaced. |
| With a Scots respect for education, Bill pursues university studies in mathematics, philosophy and psychology, with his usual mishaps along the way. After getting a PhD in psychology (his thesis was on sleep research), he qualifies as an accountant and then emerges into the world of computer business systems. Bill demonstrates a very human way of building a career — and shares his warm personal philosophy emphasizing family and friendship. |
AUTOBIOGRAPHY / MEMOIRS
Paperback / 6" x 9" / 150 pages
ISBN 1-894694-37-6
$15.95 Cdn / $12.00 US |
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THE SPEEDIEST LAND TRAVELLER
A History of Alberta Auto Racing
Richard McDonell |
| Automobile racing, the world’s fastest sport, began almost as soon as the first cars were built. It developed and thrived in the Province of Alberta, far removed from the world power centres of racing. Former race driver Richard McDonell spins a story of the heroes and geniuses who built and raced cars against the best on the planet, and of the developers, politicians, promoters and wheeler-dealers who gave them places to practise. |
| At times hilarious and others tragic, this book paints a memorable portrait of an exciting sport and the century of change in which it grew. This is must-have book for anyone with an interest in auto racing or Alberta history. |
Click on the links below to read recent reviews:
Calgary Sun (2MB pdf)
Red Deer Express (2.3MB pdf)
Calgary Herald (4.1MB pdf)
Red Deer Advocate (6.3MB pdf)
Edmonton Journal (105K pdf) |
| Click here to read Carguide magazine review |
MOTORSPORT/ ALBERTA HISTORY
Paperback / 6” x 9” / 320 pages
ISBN 1-894694-35-X
$27.95 Cdn / $22.95 US |
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Sports Car
ROAD RACING
In Western Canada
Tom Johnston |
| Compiled by a man who has been involved in professional and amateur racing for over 40 years, this book is an invaluable historical study of sports car road racing in Western Canada. After racing at more than 50 facilities, Tom Johnston visited many more in BC and the prairies to document and photograph the lost race tracks, the failed attempts to build new tracks, and the still operating tracks. This book includes Johnston's exploration of racing tracks built over WWII airfields and a detailed look at the long tradition of amateur home built "specials." |
| Click here to read Vintage Motorsport review |
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MOTOR SPORT / WESTERN CANADA
Granville Island Publishing
ISBN 1-894694-19-8 / $100.00 US / $120.00 Cdn |
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ART WARRIOR
Zbigniew Kupczynski |
| From his childhood in Poland just before WWII, his study of art in Paris, his two marriages and the birth of his daughters, to his emigration to Canada, Kupczynski has recorded his colourful views of life on canvas and paper. In this book, he documents the important milestones in both his private and public life, including that he was the first artist to hang his paintings at the Barbakan, a reconstructed wall in Warsaw that joined the Old City with the New that became a famous exhibition space and drew many more artists. Like his paintings, his book shows that he loves women, animals, music and colour. |
AUTOBIOGRAPHY / ARTIST BIOGRAPHY / POLISH HISTORY
September 2003
Trade paperback / 5.5” x 8.5” / 128 pages
ISBN 1-894694-22-8 / $17.95 Cdn / $13.95 US
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FACES OF COURAGE
Young Heroes of World War II
Sally Rogow |
| Faces of Courage depicts the struggle for survival by brave young people who risked their lives to defy the Nazis. There is Kirsten, a young Danish girl who helped save a group of Jewish children from the clutches of the Nazis. Yojo, a Gypsy teenager, guided downed British pilots over the Pyrenees Mountains to freedom in Spain. Jacques, a blind French teenager, organized a student resistance group called Volunteers of Liberty. The Eidelweiss Pirates were German teenagers who opposed the Hitler Youth and aided homeless Jewish children and runways. And Jacob, a young Pole, concealed his Jewish identity and went to work in a German armament factory. Three of the stories relate the heroics of real people; the others are about fictional characters but are based on documented events. |
| Click here to read a cross-section of reviews (142K pdf) |
| Click here to read what schoolkids are saying |
| Click here to read a chapter from the book (120K pdf) |
| Click here to read Sally Rogow bio (24K pdf) |
Click on following link to hear recorded interview:
http://blogtalkradio.com/bookbitesforkids |
YOUNG ADULT NON-FICTION / JEWISH HISTORY / HOLOCAUST / WWII
August 2003 / 2000 copies
Trade paperback / 5.5” x 8.5” / 144 pages
ISBN 1-894694-20-1 / $16.95 Cdn / $12.95 US |
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ESCAPE FROM PANNONIA
A Tale of Two Survivors
Steve Floris
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Forced to work in a Hungarian slave labour battalion under the command of Hitler’s Third Reich, Steve Floris managed to survive thanks to his skills as a cook and the decency of his commanding officer.
. After escaping and returning to Budapest, he married his sweetheart, who had also survived the Holocaust. Together they escaped Soviet occupied Hungary and went to Austria. They worked in UN refugee camps, then made their way to Salzburg and were accepted for immigration to Canada.
. The Florises settled in Vancouver where they ran the Ferguson Point Tea House in Stanley Park for many years. |
| Click here to read what people are saying about this title (20K pdf) |
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AUTOBIOGRAPHY / HISTORY / WW II / HOLOCAUST
Paper / 5.5" x 8.5" / 160 pages
ISBN 1-894694-03-1 / $19.95 Cdn / $14.95 US |
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BOGI BJARNASON . . . his words
Compiled by Brian Bjarnason and Kate Jarvis |
| Gifted newspaperman Bogi Bjarnason fought in WWI, ran several prairie newspapers, flew airplanes and wrote poetry. His short story "the Parson's Dream" was published in the company of literary work by renowned writers like Ralph Waldo Emerson and W.S. Gilbert. This gem and a wide selection of other enduring pieces, including letters from the war, editorials, essays and poems, are brought together as an eloquent reminder of the events and issues that preoccupied a generation of Western Canadians whose dreams and sacrifices helped shape the nation's future. From "shuddery" socialism to "so-called" Christianity, Bogi always got to the heart of a story and had fun along the way. |
| Click here to read Brandon Sun review |
MEMOIRS / HISTORY / WW I / MANITOBA / JOURNALISM
Paper / 6" X 9" / 253 pages
ISBN 1-894694-06-6 / $24.95 Cdn / $19.95 US |
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A LOVELY LETTER FROM CECIE
The 1907-1915 Vancouver Diary and World War I Letters of Wallace Chambers
John Gillis |
| The 1907-1915 Vancouver diary and World War I letters of Wallace Chambers give a rare glimpse into the world of middle-class young people in the Vancouver of the early 1900s. |
BIOGRAPHY / WWI / ROMANCE
Paper / 6" x 9" / 192 pages
ISBN 0-98716-815-1 / $19.95 Cdn |
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MISSION TO LITTLE GRAND RAPIDS
Life with the Anishinabe: 1927-1938
Reverend Luther L. Schuetze |
| This posthumous memoir recounts the adventures of Luther Schuetze, who from 1927 to 1938 took the Gospel to one of Canada's First Nations, the Anishinabe of Little Grand Rapids, Manitoba. Facing unfriendly shamans and a people riddled with disease and hunger, he performed surgical, dental, and obstetric services while preaching and living his message. |
AWARD
Winner of the Margaret McWilliams Award for Local History from the Manitoba Historical Society |
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HISTORY / RELIGION / NATIVE STUDIES / MANITOBA
Paper / 6" X 9" / 208 pages
ISBN 1-894694-02-3 / $24.95 Cdn / $19.95 US |
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PUAKO
An Affectionate History
Puako Historical Society |
| Puako documents the life story of a small community on the Island of Hawai'i. For nearly a millennium the startling beauty of the coastline and an almost mysterious sense of place have drawn settlers to this spot. Preserving the cultural history of this community is an ongoing project of the Puako Historical Society. |
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Winner of the Preservation Honour Award from the Historic Hawaii Foundation |
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HISTORY / HAWAII
Paper / 6" X 9" / 160 pages
ISBN 1-894694-00-7 / $23.95 Cdn / $18.95 US |
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A SINGLE VOICE
The Story of the Vancouver Regional Construction Association
Horace Harrison |
| General contractors, trade contractors, and suppliers are all essential to Greater Vancouver's billion-dollar-a-year construction industry, but their interests often conflict. Only regional associations consisting of all three groups can broker these competing interests on a day-to-day basis, and speak to the government and the wider public with one voice. One such alliance is the Vancouver Regional Construction Association. |
| A Single Voice, written by an industry insider, is the story of this group's development over nine decades. The book tracks the association from its modest beginnings in the 1910s all the way into the computerized 21st century. It brings to life the construction history of Vancouver through its colourful characters, as the association struggles to become the "single voice" for an often fractious industry in the fast-growing Lower Mainland area of British Columbia. |
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LOCAL HISTORY / BRITISH COLUMBIA / CONSTRUCTION TRADE ASSOCIATIONS
Paper / 8.5" X 11" / 320 pages
ISBN 1-894694-08-2 / $49.95 (members) / $65.00 (non-members) |
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ALWAYS BECOMING
An Autobiography
Clare M. Buckland
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| Mentor, educator and Jungian analyst, Clare Buckland recounts the remarkable story of her life journey. |
"I'm so glad you wrote Always Becoming. It is tremendously important and your soul shines throughout it – your honesty, courage, determination and wisdom."
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AUTOBIOGRAPHY / SPIRITUALITY
Paper / 6" x 9" / 192 pages
ISBN 0-89716-653-1 / $19.95 Cdn / $17.95 US Color |
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ALWAYS BECOMING – FOREVER
A Journal of Conscious Living/Conscious Dying
Clare M. Buckland and Diana C. Douglas
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"Clare, in her matchless way, has chosen to serve humanity once again, at a time in life when most would choose to retire. In this chronicle, she courageously shares her journey with us and brings us face to face with the dissolution of the body and the absorption of Spirit into Essence. Diana has faithfully been present to bear witness each step along the way. Together, they give an intimate look into one of life's most mysterious processes."
— Leslie Temple-Thurston, Spiritual Teacher, Santa Fe, NM |
BIOGRAPHY / SPIRITUALITY
Paper / 6" x 9" / 380 pages
ISBN 0-9683781-0-2 / $22.00 Cdn / $19.00 US |
Visit the website of co-author Diana C. Douglas
www.codacom.com/alwaysbecoming.html |
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RIVERS OF GOLD
A True Yukon Story
Gwen and Don Lee |
| Marauding bears, flash floods and bone-chilling winter supply trips are just a few of the challenges the Lee family of Langley, B.C. faces in its modern-day quest for Klondike gold. Sheer grit and a spirit of cooperation – and sometimes blissful ignorance – sustain family members as they work their claims in the remote Yukon wilderness. Their efforts are rewarded with a producing gold mine, but will fate let them keep it? |
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BIOGRAPHY / ADVENTURE / YUKON
Paper / 5.5" X 8.5" / 204 pages / actual gold from the mine on cover
ISBN 0-89716-827-5 / $24.95 Cdn / $18.95 US |
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A VANCOUVER BOYHOOD
Recollections of Growing Up in Vancouver 1925-45
Robin Williams
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| An account of Vancouver as it really was, as experienced by a boy growing up during the Depression and WWII. This autobiography is alive with details, and the book includes many photographs. |
AUTOBIOGRAPHY / HISTORY / VANCOUVER
Paper / 6" x 9" / 306 pages, b&w photographs
ISBN 0-89716-721-X / $19.95 Cdn / $14.95 US |
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I THIRST
Seven Trips to India
Michael de Jong |
| This book recounts the author's thirst for peace, harmony, and adventure, and explains how it led him to India, where he met and worked with Mother Teresa. |
AUTOBIOGRAPHY / SPIRITUALITY / INDIA
Paper / 6" x 9" / 212 pages
ISBN 0-9683566-0-5 / $16.95 Cdn / $14.95 US |
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HUBBARD
The Forgotten Boeing Aviator
Jim Brown
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| The long-neglected story of Eddie Hubbard – Boeing pilot and pitchman for 30 years – is chronicled in this fascinating history of pioneer airmail and commercial flight in B.C. and the Pacific Northwest. |
BIOGRAPHY / HISTORY / AVIATION / PACIFIC NORTHWEST
Paper / 6" x 9" / 232 pages, b&w photographs
ISBN 0-89716-651-5 / $24.95 Cdn / $19.95 US |
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